January trade value surges year on year

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s export-import value reached 38.3
billion USD in January – up 39.9 percent compared to a year earlier but down
3.1 percent compared to December 2017, according to the General Department of
Customs.

The export value was estimated at 19 billion USD, up by 33.1
percent year on year and down 3.3 percent from the previous month.

The main exports were mobile phones and spare
parts, worth 4.2 billion USD, up 7.7 percent from the previous month, and 80.7
percent from a year ago.

In January, exports of garment-textiles and
computers and spare parts were estimated at 2.3 billion USD and 2.2 billion
USD, up 7.6 percent and 37.9 percent year on year, respectively.

Import value was projected at 19.3 billion USD, up 47.4
percent year on year, and down 3 percent month on month.